Middle income | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
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The World Bank
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Middle income
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63
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Middle income | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
46.62202509 1960
49.32570836 1961
52.84130928 1962
53.28219925 1963
53.8316763 1964
53.7372523 1965
54.35356167 1966
54.85503717 1967
55.54768292 1968
55.97230326 1969
56.32961823 1970
56.64899751 1971
57.55095518 1972
58.19511697 1973
58.75353352 1974
59.31982881 1975
59.87566449 1976
60.54262672 1977
61.08853821 1978
61.6303957 1979
62.14360392 1980
62.64233203 1981
63.10457576 1982
63.56386377 1983
63.93940479 1984
64.29628476 1985
64.73876706 1986
65.08151454 1987
65.4006436 1988
65.70508008 1989
65.93589601 1990
66.03240446 1991
66.38111578 1992
66.64631681 1993
66.85735726 1994
67.15515234 1995
67.39489398 1996
67.76563276 1997
68.17902581 1998
68.42222365 1999
68.7768583 2000
69.27531577 2001
69.59871941 2002
69.91272223 2003
70.14337247 2004
70.57947298 2005
70.98622459 2006
71.27600178 2007
71.42151709 2008
71.86145244 2009
72.15677122 2010
72.52915295 2011
72.88943726 2012
73.22754393 2013
73.51520705 2014
73.7776826 2015
74.06200045 2016
74.3457829 2017
74.58089996 2018
74.78565648 2019
74.21750938 2020
73.1121968 2021
2022
Middle income | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Middle income
Records
63
Source